Parihānasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Aṅguttaranikāya · Sattakanipāta · Aṭṭhakanipāta · Navakanipāta · Vol. 23 · Section 184

[184] "Bhikkhus, these eight dhammas lead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee (sekha). What eight? Not delighting in work (na kammārāmatā), not delighting in talk, not delighting in sleep, not delighting in company, guarding the doors of the sense faculties (indriyesu guttadvāratā), moderation in eating (bhojane mattaññutā), delighting in non-association (asaṃsaggārāmatā), and delighting in non-proliferation (nippapañcārāmatā). These, bhikkhus, are the eight dhammas that lead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee." End of the Seventeenth Sutta. Kusītavatthu Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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